Hello there,

since you have not mentioned the name of the college or entrance exam so i am giving you the syllabus of DSE and JNU.

The syllabus for entrance exam of Delhi school of economics is:

The Entrance Examination will test the candidates’ ability to understand and apply concepts in four basic areas in Economics:

(a) microeconomic theory, (b) macroeconomic theory, (c) mathematical techniques used by economists, and (d) probability, statistics and elementary econometrics. Apart from these, some general questions testing the reasoning and quantitative ability of the students may also be asked.

some of the references are:

Sydsaeter, K. and Hammond, P. J., Mathematics for Economic Analysis,Pearson Education.

Devore, J.L., Probability and Statistics for Engineers, Cengage Learning,2010.

Dougherty, Christopher, Introduction to Econometrics, 4th edition, OUP,Indian edition.

The syllabus of JNU entrance exam is:

Microeconomics (Demand Curves, Price and Income Elasticity of Demand, Cost Curves, Equilibrium of Firm under Perfect Competition and Monopoly)

Macroeconomics (National Income Theory of Income Determination, Monetary Policy, Trade and Balance of Payments)

Descriptive Statistics (Mean, Median and Mode, Standard Deviation, Correlation Coefficient), Elementary Probability Theory, Mathematics for Economists (Elementary Algebra, Coordinate Geometry and Elementary Calculus)

Problems of Economic History , Underdevelopment and Growth: India's Economic Development prior to Independence: India's Planning and Development experience since Independence; Basic indicators of Development

Hope this helps.